1. Arrows up or down: An increase in the wage __________ the opportunity cost of leisure time,...

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1. Arrows up or down: An increase in the wage __________ the opportunity cost of leisure time, which tends to __________ leisure time and __________ labor time.
2. Arrows up or down: An increase in the wage __________ real income, and if leisure is a normal good this tends to __________ leisure time and __________ labor time.
3. We __________ (can/cannot) predict a worker s response to an increase in the wage because the __________ effect and the __________ effect work in __________ (the same/opposite) direction(s).
4. Your objective is to earn exactly $120 per week. If your wage decreases from $6 to $4 per hour, you respond by working __________ hours instead of __________ hours. In other words, your labor-supply curve is __________ sloped.
5. If every worker in a particular occupation works exactly 40 hours per week, regardless of the wage, the individual supply curve is vertical. __________ (True/False)
6. For cabbies in New York City, the elasticity of supply of labor is __________ (positive/negative/zero).

Opportunity Cost
Opportunity cost is the profit lost when one alternative is selected over another. The Opportunity Cost refers to the expected returns from the second best alternative use of resources that are foregone due to the scarcity of resources such as land,...
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Macroeconomics Principles Applications And Tools

ISBN: 9780134089034

7th Edition

Authors: Arthur O Sullivan, Steven M. Sheffrin, Stephen J. Perez

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